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NFL 2015 Week 5 |OT| - A Fraud’s Hankering for Some Bites

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captive

Joe Six-Pack: posting for the common man
bionic77 said:
I agree that if you saved $400k or more of that money you would be in good shape in any country, but most people I know spend what they earn and don't really plan for the future.
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I'm making 400k now, ill always be making 400k!
 
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eznark

Banned
bionic77 said:
:lol

I love you ez but that is every asshole's excuse.

"At least I say what I mean!"

"Yeah but you just told your secretary that a concussed retarded midget would probably make less mistakes in a year than she makes in a day..."
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When you talk to them like that they don't stay around long enough to sue you for sexual harassment.

Hometown boy will use that good will/press to parlay that into something else when he's cut after a year, either with the Packers/Badgers.
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HE WAS ALREADY ON THE GOD DAMNED TEAM
 
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Draxal

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eznark said:
When you talk to them like that they don't stay around long enough to sue you for sexual harassment.


HE WAS ALREADY ON THE GOD DAMNED TEAM
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Ayup, but he got a nice press release and everything reminding you that Wisconsin native Jared Abbrederis is so loyal to his hometown team.

If he thought he had any chance of making it another year, he wouldn't have signed this deal.

I mean it's insanely stupid, but you asked what reason he could think of and that's the only one I could think of.
 
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eznark

Banned
Draxal said:
Ayup, but he got a nice press release and everything reminding you that Wisconsin native Jared Abbrederis is so loyal to his hometown team.

If he thought he had any chance of making it another year, he wouldn't have signed this deal.

I mean it's insanely stupid, but you asked what reason he could think of and that's the only one I could think of.
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This doesn't improve his chances.

Ok, fair point on the looking for reasons thing. Sorry I yelled at you.
 
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ampere

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WanderingWind said:
The average person in the world makes 18k a year. More than a third of those live off less than 2 bucks a day. In the US, 400k is equivalent to roughly 11 years of the average salary of the regular worker. Used wisely, 400k would set you up for success anywhere in any first world country for life, even if you couldn't exactly hope to never work again.
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Yeah but what if to get that 400k you have to have your brain get jiggled around a lot and hang out with super rich people who encourage you to waste money

The "used wisely" bit is a super fringe case. Also 400k at once would trigger higher tax and less qualification for social programs than earning that amount in smaller portions over 11 years
 
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bionic77

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DeaconKnowledge said:
I see.

On a completely unrelated topic, how is your secretary performing?
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She is amazing these days.

Since you asked she is a sweet old lady who would remind you of your grandmother and was incompetent when we hired her. It took about 12 months for me to teach her how to do the most basic shit. I honestly thought about getting rid of her but I couldn't because she was trying to get better and also the idea of firing someones sweet grandmother kind of made me hesitant.

She makes my life a lot easier now and deals with a lot of shitty and difficult clients for me along with other mundane shit like booking hotels, etc.
 
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Draxal

Member
eznark said:
This doesn't improve his chances.

Ok, fair point on the looking for reasons thing. Sorry I yelled at you.
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He might think it improves his chance of getting a job within the Packers organization later on off the playing field. The fanbase is not really beholden to that sort of relationship, but I know the Giants have treated certain loyal players extremely well with cushy jobs (Charles Way).

But yeah I'm really stretching, but I don't think there's anyway he would have done this if he didn't grow up in Wisconsin.
 
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levious

That throwing stick stunt of yours has boomeranged on us.
eznark said:
HE WOULD BE MAKING THOSE NUMBERS REGARDLESS IF HE MAKES THE TEAM.

He signed a non-guaranteed long term deal for LEAGUE MINIMUM. Of course he has no negotiating power in 2015. But he is also assuming he will never have any with this deal. It's as dumb as it gets.

There is no way he actually has an agent, right?
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I don't teams will negotiate anymore without an agent. I recall in around 2000 there was a trend of players hiring attorneys to assist with contract negotiations and teams started balking at that.

Was there a signing bonus?
 
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Plinko

Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
jmdajr said:
Lions are now like Gary Kubiak era Texans. Just good enough to lose at the end.
"But the team is exciting to watch!" And yes Texans were once voted "most exciting team to watch."

Unfortunately, Texans are now back at Don Capers/David Carr era. Just garbage.
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Right. I'm not mad at all about the missed call. Calvin Johnson is the least clutch player in the league. That's what makes me mad.
 
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eznark

Banned
levious said:
I don't teams will negotiate anymore without an agent. I recall in around 2000 there was a trend of players hiring attorneys to assist with contract negotiations and teams started balking at that.

Was there a signing bonus?
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No, there was no guaranteed money. Not even a guarantee of being on the roster the rest of this year.
 
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The Albatross

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bionic77 said:
Really?

I dispute this statement.
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"Most people in the world," yeah... I think the average global income is just shy of $10,000/year, and if you take into account that 50% + 1 = most, then you could figure a some 3.51 billion people make a good deal less than that... so $400,000 would probably set most of those people for life.

That said it's definitely not true of civilized Western countries. Not that I wouldn't take $400,000 year though...
 
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bionic77

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Damn we have to find a way to beat the Chargers or Chiefs with Vick. Its hard for me to see us beating the Cardinals.

Its going to be a titanic coaching struggle when Tomlin and Reid face off if it is a close game. Who is dumber about field position and time management? Not too long ago I thought it was Reid in a landslide, but these days I think it is going to be a legit struggle between these two morons.

I would be very happy with 1-2 and Ben coming back in time to save us all from the red retard.
 
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BigAT

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levious said:
I don't teams will negotiate anymore without an agent. I recall in around 2000 there was a trend of players hiring attorneys to assist with contract negotiations and teams started balking at that.

Was there a signing bonus?
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It is still allowed to happen and does from time to time. Jon Beason represents himself.
 
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eznark

Banned
Tannehill was perfect on third downs against the Jets, and not in a good way. On third-and-fourth downs, he went 6-of-16 for 33 yards with no first downs (not a typo) and two interceptions. Many of those came in long-yardage situations, but Tannehill also failed to convert four plays with 7 yards or less to go.
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oof
 
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BigAT

Member
rando14 said:
"The Lions and the sport of football lost on Monday night." @SI_PeterKing

Lmfao
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This is the biggest thing to rock the world of sports since Andrew McCutchen ordered coffee.

http://www.barstoolsports.com/chica...ook-his-ball-and-went-home-like-a-5-year-old/

He's the worst. Squicken, I appreciate you not linking this dope every Monday anymore.

Bonus:

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squicken

Member
BlackGhost said:
^^^^^^ my boy squicken posts and reads the worst articles by the worst journalists. #PrayForSquicken
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I always know the context of what I am reading. I've called Grossi a caveman many times, and I know PK is a schill. But Grossi is still the least bad Cleveland writer, and PK has good access

My favorite football writer was Paul Zimmerman. I think Greg Bedard is kind of trying to go that route with what he is doing. Hope SI gives him the time and freedom to do that kind of writing
 
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